Materia Medica de A a Z

ADONIS VERNALIS (Adon)

A heart medicine, after rheumatism or influenza, or Bright's disease, where the muscles of the heart are in stage of fatty degeneration, regulating the pulse and increasing the power of contractions of heart, with increased urinary secretions. Most valuable in cardiac dropsy. Low vitality, with weak heart and slow, weak pulse. Hydrothorax, ascites. Anasarca.

Head

Feels light; aches across front, FROM OCCIPUT AROUND TEMPLES TO EYES. Vertigo on rising, turning head quickly or lying down. Tinnitus. Scalp feels tight. Eyes dilated.

Mouth

Slimy. Tongue dirty yellow, sore, feels scalded.

Heart

Mitral and aortic regurgitation. Chronic aortitis. Fatty heart pericarditis. Rheumatic Endocarditis. [Kalm]. PRAECORDIAL PAIN, PALPITATION, AND DYSPNOEA. Marked venous engorgement. Cardiac asthma. [Quebracho (Queb)] Fatty heart. Myocarditis, irregular cardiac action, constriction and vertigo. Pulse rapid, irregular.

Stomach

Heavy weight. Gnawing hunger. Faint feeling in epigastrium. Better out of doors.

Urine

Oily pellicle on urine. Scanty, albuminous.

Respiratory

Frequent desire to take a long breath. Feeling of weight on chest.

Sleep

Restless, with horrible dreams.

Extremities

Aching in nape. Spine stiff and aching. OEdema.

Relationship

ADONIDIN is a cardiac tonic and diuretic. Quarter grain daily, or two to five grains of first decimal trit. increases arterial pressure and prolongs the diastole, favoring emptying engorged veins. Is an excellent substitute for Digitalis and is not cumulative in action.

Compare: Digit (Dig); Crataeg (Crat); Conval (Conv); Strophanthus (Stroph-h).

Dose

Five to ten drops of the tincture.